Concrete Quote by Ann Goldstein

I think that if you are sticking to the text, essentially, you're not trying to write your own version of it. I mean, of…

— Ann Goldstein

As the writer, you can choose the word that seems best in terms of meaning, nuance, sound, etc. As the translator you are unlikely…

— Ann Goldstein

To have the translator be a figure in the book's presentation seems like a big thing, especially for a book that's really popular.

— Ann Goldstein

I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too.

— Jostein Gaarder

A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print

— Gregory Rabassa

I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but…

— Gregory Rabassa

I think every translator would tell you that when they look back at a poem they have translated, they want to pencil in changes.…

— Jesse Lee Kercheval

Thomas Teal, a luminous translator of Jansson's twin talent for surface and depth, simplicity and reverberation in language, and someone who knows exactly how…

— Ali Smith

It's important to get a translator who will ask the questions in a sensitive and thoughtful way. Knowing the ethnicity issues, the tribal issues…

— Peter Menzel

It seems more than likely that the translating of poetry is going to rub off on the translator if he or she is a…

— Ron Padgett

What is the task of the translator? I think the task depends on the book and on the translator.

— Idra Novey

Even a poor translator couldn't kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity.

— William Zinsser